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Translingual

Etymology

Hand (, ) holding a scale.

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Han character

(Kangxi radical 87, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月土月 (BGB), composition )

  1. balance

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 689, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19671
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1102, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2032, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+722F

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to weigh; to call; to name; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
  • Kun: となへ (tonahe), あげる (ageru)

Korean

Hanja

(ching) (hangeul , revised ching, McCune–Reischauer ch'ing)

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